Head-grinding machine.



W. E. BOCK.

HEAD GRINDING MACHINE.

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WILLIAM EMIL BOCK, or TOLEDO, omo. Assioxtoa TO THE BOOK ammo company,

or TOLEDO, onto, A CORPORATION or 011m.

HEAD-GRINDING MACHINE.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM EmLBocK, a citizen of the United States, and a'resident of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio. have invented a certain new and useful Head-Grinding Machine; and I do hereby .dcclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

r This invention relates to grinding or abrading machines, and particularly to a machine of this character adapted to grind and olish the head ends of roller bearings or other articles in convex or hemispherical form.

The primary object of my invention is the provision of a machine'of the character described having a plurality of article holding members which successively move into working relation to one or more slm ing, abrading or polishing elements and ave predetermined orbita movements relative thereto, after which each member discharges the article which has been acted on and receives.

another to be acted on.

A further object of the invention is the rovision of simple and efficient mechanism or discharging an article from and introducing another 'article into each holding member at predetermined points in a continuous movement of the same in one direction. Farther objects and advantages ofthe invention will be apparent from the followin detailed description thereof.

hile the invention, in its broader asect, is capable of embodiment in numerous arms, a preferred embodiment of the parts and general assembly thereof is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,-

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a machine embodying the invention with one motor or article holder in article discharging position and'one motor in article receiving position. Fig. 2 is a side'eleva'tion thereof with arts in section. Fig. 3 is an enlar d top p an view of the machine with. a portion broken away and with the article delivery magazine removed. Fig. 3 is a fragmenview of the table 9 arm locking means Specification of Letters Patent.

in releasing position. Fig. 4 is an enlarged section on the line 44in Fig. 2,with parts removed. Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentarysection similar to a portion of the section in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-4; in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is an enlarged fra mental-y perspective view of. the electric current conducting rings and carrying means. Fig. 8 is a detail of the brush employed in connection with ,each conductor ring. Fig. 9 is an enlarged section on the line 9-9 in Fig. 2. 'Fig. 10 is an enlar elevation of the left end of the machinewith parts broken away and removed. Fig. 11 is an enlarged section on the line 1111 in Fig. 2. Fig. 12 is an enlar d side elevation of the variable speed fi i'ive means Patented Oct. 28., 1919. Application filed July 24, 1917. Serial No. 132,418. i

with parts broken away. Fig. 13 is a topplan view of a portion of the article introducing means .Fig. '14 is a side elevation of said means in introducing register! with an article holder with parts in seiition on the line 141'-t in Fig. 15. Fig. 1,5 is an outer end elevation of the article introducing means. Fig. 16 is a top plan view of the article feed hopper, magazine and 0 eratmg means, with parts broken away. lg. 17 is a section on the line 17-17 in Fi 16. Fig. 18 is a side elevation of the artic e feed hopper. magazine and operating means, with parts in section on the line 1818 in Fig. 16, and with a ho )per slide in elevated position. Fig. 19 is a. ragmentary sectional view thereof with the slide lowered. Fig. 20 is an enlarged perspective view of the hopper slide with a part broken away. Fig. 21 is a fragmentary view partly in section of the magazine and of the article release means in association there-with. Fi 22 isa central vertical section of oneoft e article holding n'iotors with parts in full. Fig. 23 is anouter end elevation thereof with a part in section on the line'23-23 in Fig. 22. Fig. 24 is a section on the line 242-1- in Fig. 23. Fig. 25 is an enlarged side elevation of one of the grinding] or abrading members, its adjusting mca and supporting frame with parts broken away. Fig. 26, is.a front elevation of the same with parts ,broken away. Fig.327 is a plan of the motor swinging cam, and Fig. 28 is a diagram of the cycle of operations with respect to one motor.

Referring to the clan wings- 1 designates the machine base which is of circular form,

in the present instance, and has arms or extensions 2, 3. 4 and 5, radially projecting therefrom in circuinlcrentially spaced r'ela- 5 tion. A hearing pedestal 6 rises centrally from the base 1 and has a shaft 7 projecting upward from its upper end in coaxial on tion therewith.

A turn table 8 is journaled on the pedestal 6 and has its lower hub end provided with a conical bearing surface. which rests in a conical hub flange 9 on the pedestal, and has its upper hub end provided with a conical hub bearing flange 10 for receiving a conical bearing 11 that is keyed to the shaft 7. The table 8 has a plurality of vertical hearing openings 12 therethrough, said openings. in the present instance. being ten in number and arranged in circular series concentric to the table axis and er nidistantly spaced one from another. Radiallv mounted in each opening 12 (Figs. 2. I] and (3) is a bushing 13 the bore of which is w'cvntril lo the opening axis and conicaliy enlarged at its upper end, as shown at H. A shaft is journaled in the busl1- ing 1 cxtcnding entirely therethrough. and has its upper end provided with a conical cnlargclnent for fitting the conical portion 14 ol' the bushing. The shaft 15 is retained scan-d in tin bushing 13 by a collar it) which is removal-1y l-ixcd to the shaft without the lower end of the bushing for end thrust engagcmcnt lhcrewith. The upper end of the shaft 13 has an arm 17 projecting upward and laterally therefrom and carrying an electric motor 18 on its upper ofl'set end. The motor load wires. which are incascd in a flexible loom or conduit 11). extend down through a central passage 20 in the shaft 15 and are connected to separate current distributing rings 21. three of which are provided, in the present instance. The rings 21 are Concentric to the table axis and insulatingly carried by bracket arms 2:2 which are insulatingly secured to the under side of the table 8 adjacent to the cup flange 9. Current is fed to the rings '21 by brushes 23, one of which is provided for each ring. 'lhcsc brushes. a detail of one form of which is illustrated in Fig. 8, are insulatingly carried by the base 1 and each has a circuit wire 24 connected thereto. As the construction of these brushes forms no part of the present. invention. a detailed description of the same will not be given, 7

The conduit 19 is held in cont-conic rclation to the shaft 15 at its lower cnd illcrcof by an arm 25, which projects from the under side of the table. It will be Hllllil' stood that a transverse adjustment of the shaft 1.? with respect to the table is effected by a turning of tin eccentric bushing 13 66 Wlllifli the table opening. For the purpose of locking the bushing in adjusted position. within the table opening, such opening extended above the table by a split flange 26 which is contracted by the tightcning of a bolt. 27 to grip and firmly hold the bushing (Figs. and (3).

The motor 18 (Figs. :22. 23) has its armature shaft 28 disposed in the radial plane of projection of the arm. 17 from the shaft 15 lengthwise thereof and has one end terminating over the axial center of the shaft 15 and provided with a collet :39 for receiving and holding an article a. to be opcrated on, with an end of such article prw jecting from the. collct in position to be ground, abraded or polished in con vex form. The article a, for the end grinding and polishing of which the present machine is particularly designed, comprises a tapered hearing roller having a tapered body portion which fits into the collt, and having an enlarged head at the large end of the tapered body. which head when finished is convex in form "with its center axis disposed at some point on the longitudinal axis of the roller and coincident with the axis of the shaft 15 when carried by the collet 29. .It will be understood that while the shaft 28 comprises the armature shaft of an electric motor, it may comprise an arbor which is driven in any other suit able manner.

The motor 18 has dove-tail connection with illQllPPtl' end of the swinginga rm 1? to adapt it for sliding axial adjustment relative to said arm. To effect .such illljllritllulli. in the present instance. a stud 30 projects downward from thc bottom of the motor frame within a registering recess 31 in the top of the swinging arm, and opposite sides of this stud. which are transverse to the line of adjustment of the motor. are tapered or inclined in parallel relation with respect to a line drawn crosswise of the line of adjustment of the motor at right angles thereto. (Figs. 22. 23 and 24). Wedge bolts 32 have wedge surfaces in engagement with the respective tapered sides of the stud 30 and pro ect outward through opposite side walls of the rece s 3L carrying adjust ing nuts 33 at their outer ends. it is evident that a loosening of one of these bolts and a tightening of the other will effect a shifting of the motor frame in one direction or the other longitudinally of its axis.

An arm 34 (Fig. 2) projects transversely from the lower end of each motor swinging shaft 15 and has a downwardly projecting wrist-pin arrying a roller 35, which travels in an endless ca1n-way 36 on the top of the frame base 1 and cooperates therewith to impart pr determined rocking movements to the shalt 1.3 as the table 8 is rotated. A. coiled contractile spring 37 connects each arm 34. to an adjacent. anchoring post 38 on the table 8 and exerts an outward pull on v the arm 34 to normally bear outward against the outer wall of the cam-way 36.

A frame standard 39 rises from the arm or extension 2 of the base frame and is provided at its inner side with suitable 'upper and lower hearings 10 in which a vertical shaft 41 is j-ournaled. (Figs: 2, 9, 11 and 12.) This shaft is provided adjacent to its lower end with a' pinion 42, which is in driving mesh with an annular gear 43 on the table 8 to impart rotation to said table from the shaft 11. A worm gear 44 is keyed to the lower end of the shaft 41 in mesh with a drive worm 45 on a shaft -16, which is journaled in the lower bearing 40. A

main drive shaft 47 which, in the present instance, carries a drive pulley 48 and is jourualed in suitable bearln in axial relation to the shaft 46, is ac apted to have direct driving connection with the shaft 46 through an interposed clutch 49, which may be of any suitable construction, and has indirect slow speed connection with the shaft 46 through a train of gears 50, 51, 52 and The gears 51 and 52 are fixed to a common sleeve 51. which is mounted on an eccentric shaft 55 that is journaled in bearings 56 on.

the frame standard; 39. The shaft 55 is made eccentric so that a turning of, the same will throw the gears 51 and 5-2 out of mesh. with their companions when it is desired to drive the shaft 46direct from the shaft 47. The rocking of the eccentric shaft is controlled by a handle 57 on one end thereof. The shifting of the clutch 49 is controlled by a lever 58. x

A frame standard 60 rises from each base frame arm or extension 3?,4 and 5 in radially spaced relation to the'table 8 and has a head 61 mounted on itsto for horizontal sliding adjustment in radla relation to the table. (Figs. 1, 2, 25 and 26.) Each head 61 has its inner end forked and provided in the ends of its fork arms with bearings 62 in which the ends of ashaft 63 are jouriraled. A wheel 64 for acting on the work is mounted on the shaft 63 between the fork arms and may be of a nature to effect a trimming, grinding, ahrading or polishing of the work, as desired, and for convenience, will be hereinafter referred to as a grinding wheel element, or member. The periphery or working face of each wheel 64 is transversely dished or inwardly curved in an arc struck from the turning axis of the table 8 as is apparent by reference to Fig. 1. The axes of the wheels 64 are disposed in a horizontal plane with the axes of the article holding motors 18, and are adjustable toward and away from the motors by m ans of a screw shaft 65, which is journaled .n the top portion of the respective frame standard 60 ,and threads through a nut member 66 on thd bottom of the frame head 61. Each to the workin shaft 65, in the present instance, has its outer end geared to a hand wheel 67 (Fig.

25). The grinding wheel 6-1 is inclosed, ex-- advance of the wheel from the distributing box 70. Each wheel shaft'carries a pulley 74 at one end which is connected by a belt 75 to any suitable soilirce of power. Each outward by the gravity action of a weight 76, which has a chain 77 passing over the sheave 78 and connected to the nut member66.

In the present machine three grinding wheels 64 of different ades of coarseness are provided, and a wor piece a, as it orbitally moves around the axis of a table 8 with a motor 18 by which carried in a revolution of a motor 18 with the table 8, first engages the rough grinding wheel, then the medium grinding wheel and then the polishing wheel. Each work-piece carried by a motor collet 29 is caused, as it moves past each indinjgiwheel, to have a horizontal swingg moyelment to give the head end of the work-piec the desired convex sha )e, the swinging axis of the work-piece, which is the axis of the motor carryingshaft 15, being the axis of cross curvature of the workpiece head. This swinging movemcntrof the motor and workiece for each grinding wheel is imparted to the motor carrying shaft 15 from the ram-way 36, as hereinafter more specifically described with reference to each wheel.

The mechanism employed for successively discharging a ground work-piece from each holder and introducin an unground workpiece therein at di erent predetermined points in a revolution of each holder will now be described.

The upper end of the shaft 41 carries two cam wheels, the lower being designated 80 and having upper and lower endless cam-Ways b and c, respectively,- and the upper being designated 81 and 'having upper and lowewendless cam-ways d and a respectively. The cam-way b on the wheel 80 receives a roller 82 that is carried by the arm 83 of a bell crank lever, which is pivoted at 84 on a bracket 85 projecting from one side of the frame standard 39. The

conn cted y frame head 61 is nor ially Urged to move table shaft 7. With a ten unit machine, as at present illustrated, the cam-shaft 41 makes one revolution for each 36 or one-tenth of a revolution, of the table 8, and the cam-way b, in the present instance, is developed to swing the arm 88 forward for sulhstantially 22 at the same speed of movement as the table, then to return the arm to original position during substantially the next 7 of table movement, and then permitting the arm to remain at rest during substantially the next 7 of tahle movement, or for the remainder of the revolution of the cam.

During the forward swinging movement of the arm 88 it is locked to the table 8 and caused to have a positive movement therewith through the action of the, lot-king cum (5 of the cam-wheel 81 on an assoeiated mechanism. This mechanism comprises a lever 59, which is pivoted at J0 to the frame 39 and Has a ram roller at one end traveling in the eannway (1. The other end of the lever 89 is yieldingly ronnected h v a conneetlng rod J1 to a l'()t'l tl t\lliI it. The

shaft 93, whirh rarries this arm is journaled vertically in the swinging arm NH a short distance from its inner end and earl'lCS an arm 94 below the swinging arm as. The arm SH has a wrist-pin projertmg down ward from its free end and earryin; an indexing roller 9.3 within an indexing ring Ell). whieh is mounted on the upper huh end of the table 8 in (Ullt't'llll'iU relation to its axis and provided in its edge with a series ol' equidistantly spaced notvln's HT. rorri-spoinling in number to the motors in and with 'llll'll n'ott'hes the indexing rullel' n5 sin-ressively engages, as the table reuilves. to lorlc the table and swingin; arm together during each forward swinging movenu-nt of the latter.

The ram-way (1 is provided with eonnncted inner and outer portions and when the, roller which travels in said ramwav is in the inner neutral portion thereof the indexing arm 94 is an the limit of it inward movement in completely released relation to the indexing "ins-9P. as shown in Fig. 3, and when the r m engaging roller is travelin; in the outer neutral portion of said cam-way the indexing arm Ell is at the. limit of its outward,swinging: movement in loolo ing relation to the indexing ring 96, The earn-way (I is so fashioned and timed with respect to the swinging movements of the arm 88 that the indexing arm 94 has started its outward swinging or ring engaging movement from the position shown in Fig. 3 slightly hefore the forward swinging movement of the arm 88 comment-es, as indirated by the t-liagram in Fig. 98. \Vhen the indexing roller 95 has been swung outward into adjacent relation to the indering ring 913 the swinging arm 88 begins its swinging movement with the tabie and the indexing roller then, enters a registering recess 97 in said rin g and effects a rigid locking together of the table and swingin arm. The indexing roller is swung inwar to release the indexing ring 96 just prior to the complet ion of the forward swinging stroke of the arm 88 so that such arm is completely disengaged from the table and free to swing backward by the time its forward stroke is completed. The connection 91 between the cam engaging lever 89 and rocker-arm 92 is longitudinally compressible a ainst the tension of a spring 98 to allow or the relative movement ot' the lever 89 and arm 92 during the swinging movements of the arm 88, as is apparent.

The swinging arm 88 is provided at one side of its inner end with a horizontally plojec'iing hraelcet 92) forming a guide-way for the rel-iproeatory movements of a crosshead loo t'rrnn whirl) an article ejecting ram llll projerts longitudinally of the plane of reeiproratory movements of said hloek and toward the side of the maehine at which the ram-wheels 80 and R1 are disposed (Figs. 2 3 and 4). This ram is disposed in tanrent'ial relation to a rirrle slrurk from the tahhaxis and lies in the horizontal plane s v oi llie motor-shafts .26 in position to have movements through said shafts from the rear end thereof. \vhirh shafts are hollow for sin-h purpose. when (Zllll is at a predetermined point in its revolution with the aide. and to strike the inner end of a linishe'd work piere o rarried h the roller end of slll'll shaft and eject it from the (toi et, then returning toinartivo position at the rear of the motor. lhlrin; he period of entry f the ram 1H into and its withdrawal from the motor-shah sm-h-shai't is held in alinement wit the rain by reason of the form of he portion of the motor swinging earn nay 3U. through whii'h the ram engaging roller 35 is then traveling. The reeiproratory movenn-nts of the ram 101 are timed to take place during the forward swinging movement of lhe arm 88 and are controlled from the eanaway P in thrramwheel F40 through the medium of a hellerank iever 102. one arm of whirh is provided with a roller 103 (Figs. J and 4) while the other arm i eonnerted h a rod ill-l to the (Toss-head 100. The (am-way r is so fashioned and timed with respeet to the movement of the swinging arm HH that the discharging rod has no reeiprm-atorv movement during approximately the lirsl .2 degrees of forward movement of the swinging arm, the knock-out or ejecting stroke then taking place during approximately the next 9 degrees of movement of the swinging arm, and the withdrawal of the ram takin place during approximately the next 11 agrees of movement of the swinging arm, as indicated iiy the diagram in Fig. 28.

. of the table.

The swingingarm 88 is provided at its outer end with a longitudinally extending cross-head uide 105 in which is mounted a cross-heat 106 for rcciprocatoi'y move ments toward and away from'the center This cross-head is connected by a rod 107 to one arm of a bell-crank lever 108. which is pivoted to the swinging arm 88, as at 10%), and has itsother arm connected by a rod 110' (Fig. 3) to one arm of a bell-crank lcvcr 111,- the other arm of which is provided with a roller which travels wit 1111. the cam-way c in the under side of the cam-wheel 251. The lever 111 is pivoted, at 112, to an arm 113' projecting from the inner side of the frame standard 39. The cross-head 106 has an arm 11% projccting downward and transversely from its under side and carrying an article inserting rod or ram 115, which projects inwardly toward the center of the table 8' in true radial relation to itsaxis. During,' each forward swinging movement of the arm 88 the motor 18, from the colletof which a finished article has last been ejected, stands with its axis in true radial relation to the table axis, due to the form of the cam-way 36 in which the roller 35 associated with such motor is then traveling, and also with its axis in axial register with the'inserting ram 115 so that upon an inward movement of saidram during such forward swinging movement of the arm 88 an article, laced in advance of the ram 115 as hereinafter described, is forced into holding position in the motor collet. The inserting and retracting movemeuts of the ram 115 relative to the swinging movements of the arm 88 are timed approximately as diagrammatically illustrated in Fig. 28. The inserting ram 115 is yieldingly mounted for limited longitudinal reciprocatory movements in "the arm 114 and is normally held inwardly projected by the action thereon of a coiled compression sprin 116, thus adapting the ram to have 'a yie dingarticle inserting action.

The work pieces are successively de livered in ropcrly'timed order, as hereinafter described, into a receiver 117 in position to be discharged therefrom into a registering motor collet at each forward stroke of the .inserting'ram 1.15 (Fig; 14). This receiver is carried for limited horizontal reclprocatory movements toward and away .from the table axis by the swinging arm 88 and has a main longitudinally extending "assage 118 therethrough in true radial reation to thetable axis and through which the ram 115 operates, and has an article introducing opening 119 in the top side of its rear end portion in communication with the passage 11 8. i A bar 120 fixedly projects rearward from the outer end of the receiver 117 and has its outer end frictionally engaged to the lower end of the arm 114 under side of the'arm 114 and yieldingly urged to frictio nally grip said bar by the action of coiled compression springs 122 mounted on bolts 123 connecting said plates and attaching them to said carrying arm.

It is evident that when the inserting ram 115 is at the limit of its rearward movement the receiver 117 is at the limit of its. rearward movement with its forward end in spaced relation to a registering motor collct 29; that upon a forward movement of the inserting ram the receiver 117 is moved forward therewith for the limit of its forward movement and to place its forward end in substantially abutting relation to the registering collct, the ram then moving forward relative to the receiver due to the bar 120 sliding between the frictional gripping plates 121; and moving a work-piece from the receiver in holding position in the collet, and that upon a rearward movement of-the inserting ram the receiver 117 is first retracted therewith to the position 811011;, in F lg. 14 after which the ram moves rearward relative to the receiver to the limit of its stroke. The articlcs a to he acted on are preferably carried in quantity in a hopper 124, which is mounlcd on and rises from the frame part 85 and has an inclined delivery way 125 (Figs. '16. 17, 18, 19 and 21) forming a magazine leading downward and forward themfrom and having a delivery tube 126 extend ing on an incline from its forward end into position to r -gis'rer at its lower discharge end with the receiving opening 119 lILtllL receiver 117 when-said receiver is in its rctractcd position, as shown in Fig. 14, and the swinging arm 88 carrying the same is at the limit of its rearward movement. The articles (I- travel down the magazine 1255 in vertical position, being slidingly' suspended therein by engagement of theirenlarged head ends with side shoulders in the magazine run-way. The movement of the articles down the magazine run-way and the successive periodical releasing of the forward artielc in the column is controlled by a pair of pins 127 and I28 (Fig. 21), which transversely enter the magazine in spaced relation longitudinally thereof and are moved to alternalcly obstruct the magazine run-way. 

